The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-27
Local and State Notes.

The Ohio & Mississippi engineers presented
Master Mechanic f. P. Boatman with an ee-
The new passenger coaches which the Bee line
Is building will be fitted to heat with steam
whenever the road adopts that method of heat
Ing its trains.
W. G. Pennock was yerterday appoin ted road
foreman of engines on the G.. ST L. & p road
With headquarters at Richmond, Ind, vice
John Pontius, resigned.
The Vandalia company proposes to build the
coming year six depots at way stations OF the
style of architecture as the one recently
completed at Greencastle.
The Judge of the Fayette county Circuit Court
has decided that the per cent tax which Har-
rison township voted to the Evansville d Terre
Hsute cannot now be legally collected
Some twenty passenger agents located here
will take in the Jacksonville. Fla. trip to the
travelling passenger agents annual convention.
The passenger agents while absent will take in
Cuba for side trip
Decern Der has been fatal one to men in the
freight service On Indianapolis roads six have
the injuries when coupling cars, and three have
been killed by falling from moving trains.
The Pennsylvania company is reaching south
on the Whitewater Valley road for business
having entered into traffic agreement for it's
share of business on that line From Corners
vile they are getting considerable business.
The remains of John Hickey, the yardmaster
killed in the c., l., ST. i. Il G. yards Saturday
were yesterday taken to Cincinnati for burial
Mr. Hickey a member of the National Yard
masters Association. and from that body his
legal heirs will receive nearly 81. 600.
The l., b. & W. people are to put on a train to
connect with the fast train between Chicago and
Kansas City which the Chicago & Alton put on
Sunday, and which makes the run between the
two cities named three hours quicker than the
fast train the c., B. i O. put on week before.
The low passenger rates which have prevailed
during the holidays have drawn out a large
travel. Trains all crowded, and most
has hon lad fhaI Ty-yar Ia
pot the receipts from sales of tickets have run
20 per cent. larger, it is stated, than in any
former holiday period.
Fifty-two passengers route for the Pacific
coast, who reside in the neigh borhood of Rich
mond. came up over the c.. H. & D. road yes
terday noon The Pennsylvania people are
feeling rather sore over the matter, as the fact
that they went around via Hamilton is taken
evidence that rates were cut.
The clerks at the railroad Offices at this point
will, with the beginning of the year, make
lar to those at several prominent railroad points
in this country. Boston has an association of
this character which has three hundred mem
bers One of the best features of that associa-
ton Is that whenever of their members is
out of employment, if worthy, they find him
As early as practicable.
The first train which ever into the Union
DsDot heated by steam came in the Van
dalia Yesterday Trains Nos and 4 were pro-
vided with the Graydon steam heater for passen-
ger coaches, the steam being provided from the
heat in the coaches was very even. and the equip
ment fo- doing the work performed admirably.
and should it continue to perform satisfactorily
a sufficient time to fairly test the device Presi-
dent McKeen has ordered that the passenger
coaches of the Vandalia and the passenger n
gines be fitted up to heat the generally by
this method
This new year opens in a promising manner
for the car-works of this State. The Indianap-
dis car-works have 900 cars yet to build for the
A, Il. & S. F., 200 for the Bee-line, 300 for the
c.. B. s. @. and 200 for the Pi.tsburg &
Western. The Lafayette car-works busy
building 300 cars for the St Joseph & Grand
Island road. 500 coal cars for the Chicago 6
Indiana Coal road and fifty refrigerator cars for
a Southern fruit transportation company. The
Terre Haute car-works building 500 cars for
the Chicago e. Northwestern road, and have
contracts for some three hundred more for
roads nearer home. The Ohio Falls car-works
building lot of for Southern roads
The Michigan City works, Haskell 81
Barker. have contracts for some 700 At
the Cambridge City car-works little is doing
except in the way of repairs to partially
out cars but it is stated that there is good
prospect Of their getting some large contracts
early in the coming year.